Re: [Groff] Bug in soelim

[Werner LEMBERG]

> The manpage for soelim (and groff) says of the -I option: "specify a
> directory to search for files (both those on the command line and
> those named in .so requests). The current directory is always
> searched first."
>
> Reality (with foo.ms in the current directory and in 
> /usr/share/groff/site-tmac/):
>
> % soelim -I/usr/share/groff/site-tmac/ foo.ms bar.ms | grep '\.lf'
> .lf 1 /usr/share/groff/site-tmac/foo.ms
> .lf 1 ./bar.ms
>
> % soelim -I/usr/share/groff/site-tmac/ ./foo.ms bar.ms | grep '\.lf'
> .lf 1 /usr/share/groff/site-tmac/./msweb.ms
> .lf 1 ./bar.ms
>
> Is there a workaround I can use to force groff/soelim to read foo.ms
> in the current directory?

I'm very sorry about this, it's a documentation error on my side --
I've never touched the logic of the related source code.  It should
read as follows:

  -Idir This option may be used to add a directory to the search path
        for files (both those on the command line and those named in
        .so requests).  The search path is initialized with the
        current directory.  This option may be specified more than
        once; the directories are then searched in the order specified
        (but before the current directory).  If you want to make the
        current directory be read before other directories, add `-I.'
        at the appropriate place.

        No directory search is performed for absolute files.

I'll update groff.texinfo and all corresponding man pages.


    Werner